Electricity in the air

by: Larry D. Kirkpatrick and Arthur Eisenkraft

This chapter is based on one of the theoretical problems given at the XXIV International Physics Olympiad. It is an actual application of physics to a real-world situation based on Gauss’s law—one of the most fundamental laws of electricity and magnetism.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2006Stock # PB198X_14

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